Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison. Several load lots and big groups of calves and yearlings. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $189.27/cwt on 1,131 head.

Average price

$189.27

1,131 head · 677 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,282

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$21.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.15

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	678	190.15	1,289	1,084
Medium and Large 1-2	665	168.85	1,122	47

One grade step is worth $21.30/cwt here — about $167 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,131 hd

189.27

—

IA average8 barns · 6,220 hd

186.11

+3.15

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

33 lots · USDA AMS · Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	161.60/cwt	159.00–163.00	1,249	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,127	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	184.22/cwt	173.00–189.50	975	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	195.93/cwt	186.00–199.50	950	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	165.39/cwt	161.00–168.60	1,188	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	171.29/cwt	165.00–178.00	985	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	181.99/cwt	173.50–188.50	1,325	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	205.71/cwt	192.50–214.50	1,181	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	223.86/cwt	215.00–227.00	938	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,149	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	167.65/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,152	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	224.83/cwt	213.00–233.00	872	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	174.73/cwt	170.00–182.00	1,029	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	196.38/cwt	189.00–207.00	1,253	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,002	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	200.23/cwt	194.00–205.50	769	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	188.39/cwt	187.50–190.00	836	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	155.66/cwt	155.00–156.00	1,124	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	164.48/cwt	154.00–167.00	1,518	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	848	164.79/cwt	163.00–165.50	1,397	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	207.49/cwt	198.00–216.00	1,114	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	149.94/cwt	145.00–153.00	1,018	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	169.77/cwt	163.50–177.00	1,056	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	174.13/cwt	171.00–175.50	1,369	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	159.13/cwt	150.00–166.00	1,171	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,258	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	921	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	686	173.99/cwt	170.00–174.50	1,194	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	186.10/cwt	174.00–190.50	1,247	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	172.50/cwt	165.00–174.75	1,501	86

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Fri Dec 16, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,998Last week 2,382Year ago 2,545

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison. Several load lots and big groups of calves and yearlings. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	773	159.00–163.00	161.60
28	—	667	169.00	169.00
67	—	529	173.00–189.50	184.22
70	—	485	186.00–199.50	195.93
71	—	718	161.00–168.60	165.39
81	—	575	165.00–178.00	171.29
26	—	384	194.00–205.50	200.23
14	—	444	187.50–190.00	188.39
160	—	622	163.50–177.00	169.77
20	—	804	156.50	156.50
4	—	318	500.00	500.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	722	155.00–156.00	155.66
11	—	679	145.00–153.00	149.94
3	—	340	190.00	190.00
5	—	545	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	686	170.00–174.50	173.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
245	—	728	173.50–188.50	181.99
118	—	574	192.50–214.50	205.71
39	—	419	215.00–227.00	223.86
26	—	388	213.00–233.00	224.83
135	—	638	189.00–207.00	196.38
3	—	468	214.00	214.00
63	—	923	154.00–167.00	164.48
28	—	848	163.00–165.50	164.79
159	—	537	198.00–216.00	207.49
102	—	786	171.00–175.50	174.13
3	—	348	213.00	213.00
77	—	670	174.00–190.50	186.10
86	—	870	165.00–174.75	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	621	185.00	185.00
14	—	687	160.00–170.00	167.65
15	—	589	170.00–182.00	174.73
14	—	736	150.00–166.00	159.13

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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